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Filarsky v. Delia, No. 10-1018 (U.S. Supreme Court) (566 U.S. 377; 132 S.Ct. 1657) (April 17, 2012) (Justice (John G.) Roberts)

In this case, a unanimous Supreme Court held that a private attorney temporarily retained by a municipality to conduct an investigation is entitled to the same protections of qualified immunity as are generally available to full-time government lawyers, in civil rights lawsuits for damages under 42 U. S. C. § ...

 

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